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Who composed (作曲) some of the most famous songs of the 20th century? The answer is Irving Berlin. He composed famous ones, like Alexander's Rag Time Band and White Christmas. There is a well-known story about the famous British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill (丘吉尔首相), who read in a paper that Mr. Berlin was in London, so he asked his assistant to invite the great man to lunch. Over lunch, Mr. Churchill asked question after question. Which party would win the next American election (选举)? Who would be the next president of the USA? What were the papers saying? What did Mr. Berlin think of party politics in Britain? Which country had the better political system (系统), Britain or America? Whose system did Mr. Berlin prefer? Mr. Churchill was very disappointed with Mr. Berlin's answer. Mr. Berlin didn't have strong political opinions, and Mr. Churchill's assistant had invited the wrong Mr. Berlin. Not the famous philosopher (哲学家,哲人), Isaiah Berlin, but Irving Berlin, the song-writer instead!

 64.Who made the mistake in the passage?

  Isaiah Berlin 

  Irving Berlin 

  Mr. Churchill 

  The newspaper reporter (记者) 

 65.If Mr. Churchill had asked about   , Mr. Berlin's answer would have been satisfying.

  how to appreciate White Christmas 

  how to enjoy the dinner 

  how to think of the future of the world 

  which paper had a good effect on people 

 66.We may know from the passage that Mr. Irving Berlin was   .

  a politician (政治家,政客) 

  a musician (音乐家) 

  good at asking questions. 

  judging people very correctly 

 67.Which of the following can we drawn from the passage?

  Mr. Churchill didn't like American system. 

  In our life we should be able to differ different people. 

  Great people never make mistakes. 

  Irving Berlin was an American. 

 

  Once a man wanted to buy a hat so he went to an expensive hat shop and spoke to the shopkeeper (店主), "I'd like to buy a hat please," he said. "Can I try on a few please?" "Of course," the shopkeeper answered and he brought in several hats.

  The man tried them on one by one, he didn't like any of them. "This one is too big and that one is too small, and this one isn't the right color and that one doesn't look very nice, and this one must be too expensive and that one must be too cheap. Would you mind bringing a few more hats please?" "Not at all," the shopkeeper said. He went to the back of the shop and brought in some more hats. "Let's try this one," the man said. "No, I'm afraid it's too wide. Let's try that one. No, I'm afraid it isn't wide enough."

  "Would you like to try this one?" the shopkeeper asked.

  "No, I'd rather not. I don't like it. It doesn't look very good." "Shall I bring some more?" the shopkeeper asked. He didn't look very happy, but he went to back of the shop and brought out all the hats. Of course the man didn't like any of them.

  "These hats aren't the right size," the man said. The shopkeeper was very angry now, "The hats are all right, sir," he said, "but I'm afraid your head isn't the right size."

 68.The shopkeeper brought in    after the man said "Can I try on a few?"

  a hat       many hats     all the hats   some hats 
   

 69.The man seemed very    the hats the shopkeeper brought in.

  content with 

  satisfied with 

  pleased with 

  dissatisfied with 

 70.The shopkeeper was    at last.

  upset (打乱,使不舒服) 

  happy 

  polite 

  very angry 

 71.The man didn't buy a hat because   .

  he did not really want to buy 

  he had a strange head that not a single hat in the shop fitted 

  all the hats were not the right size 

  there were not many hats for him to choose 

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